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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Such good English, where did you learn to speak so beautifully?” Trump asks the president of Liberia, whose official language is English

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Jun 10

A pathologist report confirms that Albert Ojwang’, a teacher who was detained by the police for a social media post that allegedly insulted a senior police officer and later found dead in his cell, died from neck compression and with soft tissue damage all over his body. #Kenya

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · Jun 7

How Kenya sees the US

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Apr 27

I note that Wednesday's start is listed as "TBD" and the Jays might prefer to keep Schultz and Rodriguez in the bullpen....

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Apr 27

They seem to be creating an available spot on the 40-man roster, but for who? Clase was already on the 40-man. Do they maybe expect Eric Lauer to be needed for the major-league rotation?

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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · Apr 17

"Negotiators agree on binding treaty for future pandemics, after U.S. drops out" c/o @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Negotiators agree on binding treaty for future pandemics, after U.S. drops out

The historic deal is just the second binding treaty to be negotiated in the 75-year history of the World Health Organization

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 17

Africans with #HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social, Jeffrey Moyo www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth #AIDS

Africans with HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid

As many as 600,000 people could die over the next 10 years in South Africa alone as a result of U.S. funding cuts, study says

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Claire Wilmot @clairelwilmot.bsky.social · Mar 13

“Canada believes Ethiopia has made “initial progress” on peace initiatives, human-rights accountability and transitional justice for atrocities in Tigray and in current conflicts in the Amhara and Oromia regions, the memo said.”

Extraordinary, the alternative universe of Canadian diplomats.

Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Mar 13

After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canada revives military co-operation with Ethiopia despite genocide allegations

Ottawa is bringing Ethiopia back into Canada’s Military Training and Co-operation Program, three years after suspending defence collaboration over the Tigray war

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Mar 13

Critics are questioning the move. "How are we to know that Ethiopia’s military, strengthened by its collaboration with Canada, will not simply resume its aggressive and unlawful harassment and abuses against Tigrayan people?” asks former Canadian justice minister Allan Rock.

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Mar 13

After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canada revives military co-operation with Ethiopia despite genocide allegations

Ottawa is bringing Ethiopia back into Canada’s Military Training and Co-operation Program, three years after suspending defence collaboration over the Tigray war

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Feb 27

More than 90% of U.S. aid programs abruptly cancelled, jeopardizing lives, humanitarian groups say, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth

More than 90 per cent of U.S. aid programs abruptly cancelled, jeopardizing lives, humanitarian groups say

In one country alone, South Africa, the cuts to HIV programs could trigger as many as 600,000 deaths over the next decade, say health groups

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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · Feb 28

A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow.

I used Ethiopia as a study case.

Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa

Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · Feb 26

A must-read piece of journalism on the quiet revolution that many Iranian women are bravely waging against hijab laws.

@geoffreyyork.bsky.social’s observations track w/ what friends & students who’ve visited Iran this year have noted.

Vibrant quotes & remarkable women in here:

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Feb 22

“The police don’t have enough handcuffs for all of them." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence

In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thank you, Tash, that's very kind.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Feb 22

“The police don’t have enough handcuffs for all of them." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence

In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · Feb 23

Bravo to the Globe for getting into Iran and reporting without the customary hyperbole or hysteria. @geoffreyyork.bsky.social

Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence

In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · Feb 22

Canadian journalists are usually barred from entering Iran. The Globe's @geoffreyyork.bsky.social was able to visit recently. His article on the changes he saw since he last reported from this country years ago.
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Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence

In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · Feb 14

Keep a close eye on eastern DRC, everyone.

Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Feb 14

Canada is withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from the rebel-held city of Goma, even as other UN contributors keep their troops on the ground. Canada's risk-averse government is abandoning the city at its time of need, critics say.
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Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo

Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · Feb 14

Canada withdraws its military officers from UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo due to "increasingly perilous security conditions," @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports.

"To withdraw Canadian military personnel now would be to abandon the county and the UN at the hour of greatest need."

Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo

Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Feb 14

Canada is withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from the rebel-held city of Goma, even as other UN contributors keep their troops on the ground. Canada's risk-averse government is abandoning the city at its time of need, critics say.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo

Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net · Jan 25

Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · Jan 22

In Tehran, there’s “a strange sense of optimism” that Trump’s second terms will bring better US-Iranian relations than the tumultuous first time around, @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports

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Johannesburg-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail since 2009. Previously 15 years as a correspondent in Moscow and Beijing. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/geoffrey-york/

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · Jan 17

Succinct illustration of how the audience for Africa topics and users from African countries are still on Twitter.

@geoffreyyork.bsky.social posted the same article about Namibia on here - where it was shared 14 times - and on Twitter - where it was shared over 1,800 times.

Screenshot of a post on Bluesky by Geoffrey York.
The text of the post reads: "In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people. Our report:"
Underneath the text is a link to an article with a picture showing a large industrial plant in a dry landscape. The title of the article is "In Namibia, a Canadian copper company leaves a legacy of toxic waste"

Screenshot of a tweet by Geoffrey York.
The text of the post reads: "In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people. Our report:"
Underneath the text is a link to an article with a picture showing a large industrial plant in a dry landscape. The title of the article is "In Namibia, a Canadian copper company leaves a legacy of toxic waste"

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Jan 17

Brilliant ceremonial outfits from the Vodun Days Festival I attended last week at Ouidah, in Benin. Credit Outlander Magazine.

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Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social · Jan 15

But it was DPM that produced thousands of tons of arsenic waste at Tsumeb after it acquired the mine in 2010. And it also has some responsibility for the waste that it willingly acquired in 2010 from previous owners.

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